Anil Dias appointed to Dilmah Ceylon Tea Board

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Anil Dias

Dilmah Ceylon Tea Board Company PLC has announced the appointment of Anil Dias as a Non-Executive Independent Director of the company and as the Chairman of the Board Audit Committee with effect from 1 January 2025.

Dias is an experienced finance professional with 40 years of experience in senior finance, general management, and business transformation roles with global responsibilities. He currently serves on the Board of Mercantile Investments and Finance PLC as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

Much of his career was with Coats PLC of the UK, a FTSE 250 company with a wide global footprint and the world leader in industrial sewing threads.

Prior to joining Coats, Dias was the Head of Finance at Associated Battery Manufacturers (Ceylon) Ltd., the manufacturer of market-leading automobile batteries in Sri Lanka. While with Coats, Dias undertook country general management, regional, and global finance roles, including Chief Financial Officer of the Global Industrial Division. In these positions, he has served on multiple country Boards and on the Group Risk Management Committee. He was a member of senior global leadership teams, participating in defining and executing group strategy.

Dias is presently Chairman of the Board of a not-for-profit organisation engaged in rural poverty alleviation in Sri Lanka, involving micro-credit lending and empowering small scale dairy farming and fishing communities.

Dias is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.